Nov 4, 2025 The Charlotte Observer

New NC State chancellor Kevin Howell makes history at installation

Howell, an N.C. State graduate, was the university’s first Black student body president in 1987. He worked at the university professionally as an assistant to the chancellor for external affairs from 2006 to 2016 and as vice chancellor for external affairs, partnerships and economic development from 2018 to 2023. Read more at: 

Nov 4, 2025 Gizmodo

Meet Nanotyrannus, a Tiny Tyrannosaur Previously Mistaken for a Teenage T. Rex

“For Nanotyrannus to be a juvenile T. rex, it would need to defy everything we know about vertebrate growth,” James Napoli, an anatomist at Stony Brook University and co-author of the study, said in a North Carolina State University statement. “It’s not just unlikely—it’s impossible.” In other words, Napoli and his co-author Lindsay Zanno, a paleontologist from the… 

Nov 4, 2025 CBS News

Mysterious dinosaur skeleton thought to be a teenage T. rex is actually a rival species, researchers say

The discovery “rewrites decades of research on Earth’s most famous predator,” said study co-author Lindsay Zanno with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and North Carolina State University. Growth rings within the bones found in Montana’s Hell Creek Formation told scientists the new dinosaur was an adult about half the size of a fully… 

Nov 4, 2025 The Washington Post

One of science’s biggest dinosaur debates may finally be settled

Lindsay Zanno, associate research professor at North Carolina State University and head of paleontology at the museum, began to work with James Napoli, now a paleontologist at Stony Brook University, on the fossils. “We quickly realized it was not at all like a juvenile T. rex, and it started to raise a flag,” said Zanno,… 

Nov 3, 2025 NPR

Scientists thought this fossil was a teen T. rex. Turns out it’s a new tyrannosaur

That discovery in 2006 now appears to have overturned decades of dinosaur dogma about Tyrannosaurus rex, the fearsome giant long thought to be the sole top predator stalking the late Cretaceous. In a paper in the journal Nature, paleontologists Lindsay Zanno and James Napoli conclude that some of the bones from that specimen belong not… 

Nov 3, 2025 Popular Science

This tiny T. rex is actually a new species

For decades, paleontologists have argued about size. Specifically, whether or not certain fossils found in Montana belonged to a young Tyrannosaurus rex or a completely separate, smaller species. Researchers at North Carolina State University and Ohio University now say they can settle the debate. Tyrannosaurus rex did, in fact, have a diminutive relative in North… 

Nov 3, 2025 CNN

‘Dueling dinosaurs’ fossil forces a radical rethink of T. rex remains

The finding “flips decades of T. rex research on its head,” according to study coauthor Lindsay Zanno, associate research professor at North Carolina State University and head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. “A wealth of studies on the biology of T. rex over the past three decades have unknowingly mixed… 

Nov 3, 2025 The Washington Post

AI gives farmers new tools to fight heat, pests, and disease

“We’re not going to fully replace the technicians and diagnosticians who are doing a lot of the work with these nematodes. But this tool is going to make them better at their jobs, and more efficient, and take some of the load off,” said Adrienne Gorny, associate professor in plant nematology at North Carolina State… 

Nov 3, 2025 The Technician

Howell formally installed as chancellor in Reynolds Coliseum ceremony

Isaac Carreno, NC State’s student body president, spoke about Howell’s rise from small-town North Carolina to student body president and now chancellor. “Chancellor Howell isn’t just a proud alumnus of NC State, he came to the University from Shelby, a small town in Cleveland County,” Carreno said. “Like me, he studied political science, but was called to… 

Nov 3, 2025 WNCN

NC State University formally installs new chancellor during special ceremony

Howell said he envisions NC State as the “gold standard“ for a 21st century land-grant university. “Our vision for the future requires us to unapologetically pursue groundbreaking research,” he said to the crowd. “That’s who we are. leadership in discovery is the bedrock we were built upon and remains the foundation for our future.“ 

Oct 31, 2025 WRAL

NC State formally installs Kevin Howell as 15th chancellor

“The deep love that I hold for this place and its people began the moment that I decided as an undergraduate student from Shelby,” Howell said. “I’m grateful to God for that one decision that changed my life forever.” Howell was presented with the traditional emblems of the chancellorship and took an oath with one… 

Oct 31, 2025 The News & Observer

New NC State chancellor Kevin Howell makes history at installation

“Ladies and gentlemen, higher education matters,” Howell said to a round of applause. “It matters because our world needs engineers and designers. Because our world needs farmers, architects and veterinarians. Because our world needs polymer chemists, astronauts and teachers. It needs poets. It needs artists. It needs public servants.” 

Oct 31, 2025 ABC11

NC State chancellor Kevin Howell’s installment a historic homecoming: ‘He’s a visionary’

Chancellor Kevin Howell was installed as the 15th leader of N.C. State University. It was a historic moment because the alumnus is the first African American and former student body president to become chancellor. “We’re here to welcome Kevin Howell back where he belongs. Back to N. C. State University. Back to the Pack,” exclaimed… 

Oct 31, 2025 Associated Press

Young T. rex or a new dinosaur? New bones add to the debate

The discovery “rewrites decades of research on Earth’s most famous predator,” said study co-author Lindsay Zanno with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and North Carolina State University. Growth rings within the bones found in Montana’s Hell Creek Formation told scientists the new dinosaur was an adult about half the size of a fully-fledged… 

Oct 31, 2025 The Washington Post

One of science’s biggest dinosaur debates may finally be settled

Lindsay Zanno, associate research professor at North Carolina State University and head of paleontology at the museum, began to work with James Napoli, now a paleontologist at Stony Brook University, on the fossils. “We quickly realized it was not at all like a juvenile T. rex, and it started to raise a flag,” said Zanno,…